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Now & Then: Hiss Golden Messenger’s I’m People and the reach of Veedon Fleece

Sunday, May 10, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Hiss Golden Messenger – I'm People (cover art)

A good Hiss Golden Messenger record does not arrive like a statement from a mountaintop. It pulls up beside you at a gas station, coffee gone cold, with a half-finished thought about mercy, children, money, God, and whether the map is helping. I’m People fits that line perfectly: a road record with home on its mind, full of M.C. Taylor’s worn-in gospel of doubt and persistence. For a “Then,” Van Morrison’s Veedon Fleece makes the sharper companion, not because Taylor sounds like Morrison, but because both albums use travel as a way to measure the soul’s weather.

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Readers’ Pick: Hiss Golden Messenger – I’m People

Friday, May 08, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Hiss Golden Messenger – I'm People (cover art)

You picked Hiss Golden Messenger – I’m People as your favorite new release for the week of April 24, 2026.

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Readers’ Pick: Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It

Friday, July 02, 2021 By Tom Osborne

Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It (cover art)

You picked Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It as your favorite new release for the week of June 25, 2020. New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2021 Rev. Peyton’s Big […]

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Best of 2019- Chip’s Picks

Friday, December 27, 2019 By Chip Frazier

This was a tough year to rank best albums. The sheer volume of good releases made it difficult. This is especially true in the Americana genre with it’s ever expanding boundaries. All the same, I gave it my best shot. 1)Yola- “Walk Through Fire” Released early in the year, from my first listen I knew […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Indie, Indie Rock, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Billy Strings, Brittany Howard, Hayes Carll, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jade Jackson, John Paul White, Josh Ritter, Kelsey Waldon, Mandolin Orange, Molly Tuttle, The 40 Acre Mule, Tyler Childers, Vandoliers, Whiskey Myers, Wilco, Yola

Newport Folk Fest 2018 Feature – Artist You Should Know: Hiss Golden Messenger

Wednesday, August 01, 2018 By Jeff McMahon

Ever had that moment when you discover a musical artist and you’re just hooked? I’ve been listening to talented artists for a long time but when I come across someone new whose amazing music opens my eyes, I immediately go into a phase. When I started “studying” for Newport Folk Fest this year I found lots […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Newport Folk Festival, Reviews, Up & Comers Tagged With: Americana, Hiss Golden Messenger

Friends of Twangville

Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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